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سُورَةُ الانفِطَارِ

The Cleaving
Bismillah
82:1
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١
When the Sky will be cleft asunder;
82:2
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢
and when the Stars will be scattered;
82:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣
and when the Oceans will be made to burst forth;
82:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤
and when the graves will be turned upside down;
82:5
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥
[Then] shall every soul know what it has sent forward and [what it has] kept back.
82:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦
[That day it will be asked:] “O Man! What deceived you concerning your Lord, the Most-Generous?
82:7
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧
“Him who created you, fashioned you in due proportion, and gave you a just bias;
82:8
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ٨
“in whatever shape He willed, did He put you together.”
82:9
كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ٩
Nay! But you do disbelieve [the Day of] the Judgement!
82:10
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠
But, verily, over you [are appointed angels] as protectors,
82:11
كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١
noble, writing down [your deeds]:
82:12
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢
they know [all] that you do.
82:13
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ ١٣
As for the Righteous, they will be in Bliss;
82:14
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ ١٤
and the Wicked will be in the Fire,
82:15
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥
in which they will burn on the Day of Judgement,
82:16
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ١٦
and they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
82:17
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧
And what makes you know what the Day of Judgement is?
82:18
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨
Again, what makes you know what the Day of Judgement is?
82:19
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ ١٩
[It will be] the Day when no soul shall have power [to do] anything for another: For the Command, that Day, will be [wholly] with Allāh.

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First published in August 2023, this translation is available in two Hard bound editions. One comes with Parallel Arabic-English Texts and the other is the English only version. In December 2025 we had published the third edition of both versions, alhamdulillah.

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